Goodby Facebook!

Yes, I left the cult today. Some time ago, my account was hacked (or something) and I suddenly had administrative powers. That is to say, I had edit buttons on my friend's walls and profiles. No, I didn't change anyone's birth date or edit their favorite quotes - but, I could have, and that's just wrong. So, I logged out, logged back in, changed my password, logged out, logged back in with new password - problem solved, no big deal. Right? Well, it has to make you wonder how many others had the same thing happen to them and they KEPT their administrative powers...huh? About a month or so ago, I noticed a discussion in the news feed Ticker that was from a group that I knew was supposed to be a private group. Why is it on my news feed ticker? I wasn't a member of that group - and they thought, I'm sure, that they were having a private discussion. And, I have to admit, it was some interesting stuff that they were talking about there...only it's supposed to be private and not public. Recently, very recently, one of my private chat sessions with a friend showed up on the news feed ticker - I didn't look in the mirror but I'm sure that my face had turned as white as my first wife's wedding gown. WTF?! My first thought was to delete my Facebook account - guess what? It's not that easy. Unless you know the right link, which is almost impossible to find, all you will do is deactivate the account - which you can re-activate by just logging back in again. Meanwhile, Facebook is still using your data and you are the only one who's not using it or benefiting from it - 'cause they own it until you absolutely delete the account. That's right, read the agreement... Facebook is great - if you don't have a life and you just want to connect with close family and a few close friends that you would trust with your life. But, you should block all games and other apps. Otherwise, those apps use your data too. If you can bear to do it, make sure your chat thingy is disabled or just plain stay off the chat and don't say anything that you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the New York Times. If you should want to absolutely delete your Facebook account rather than just deactivate it, here is the link: https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account&__a=3